This is an analysis of the poem Listening With Intent To Comprehend that begins with:
Rituals today exposes,
A fusion of senseless arguments....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCD Xcbd DAAD ABCD adab DAADbbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10001010 010010100 11000010101 01010101 01111 001011001 1010010101101 0100110101 010010111 100010001 111001011010 00100111101 10001010 010010100 11000010101 01010101 1010110 111010101 1101010010010 0100010010111 010010111 100010001 111001011010 00100111101 001010010001 1001001010 1011011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
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- summary of Listening With Intent To Comprehend;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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